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is g.w. news live from berlin donald trump reignites the us this feud with iran decertifying the landmark agreement to curb its nuclear program but the us president stopped short of outright torpedoing the deal instead leaving its fate in the hands of congress. also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in sunday's elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner sebastian kurtz snap up support. my ass waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president has said he will not recertify the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the

multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions trump has accused iran of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal instead he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreements to pilates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump has done this twice before but has now refused to sign ahead of sunday's deadline now congress must decide whether to reimpose sanctions and scrap the deal here is more of what trump had to say. importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal so today in recognition of the increasing menace posed by iran to destructive actions i am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification we will not

continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout israel has welcomed trumps announcement prime minister binyamin netanyahu congratulated the us president for what he called a quote courageous step the response from other world leaders has been less than enthusiastic the iran deal took more than a decade to negotiate between iran china russia great it great britain france and germany and was finally signed in two thousand and fifteen. there was dancing in the streets of the iranian capital tehran when the agreement was finally reached after the mess of effort that went into securing the deal to control iran's nuclear program those who'd been instrumental in the negotiations reacted strongly to

trump's announcement. well then two years ago exactly in july twenty fifteen the entire international community welcomed the result of twelve years of intense negotiations on the iranian nuclear program one hundred and four pages full of technical details. the joint compressive club in action which it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it german foreign minister gabriele said scrapping the treaty would send quote dangerous signals shouted in the next few weeks we'll do everything in our power to persuade u.s. congress to uphold the agreement and to discuss how we can change iran's behavior in other areas of middle east politics we believe the agreement must be preserved as the. iranian president hassan rouhani said his country will

continue to respect the nuclear deal in spite of trump's quote insults in a speech on state television rouhani said the agreement was much stronger than trump thinks. we will continue to cooperate with the international atomic energy agency in the framework of international treaties but if someday our interests are not realized and other parties want to violate their commitments they should be aware that iran will not hesitate a moment and will respond to them. hard that they want to. whether congress will make the changes trump wants remains to be seen it would seem that much of his bluster is for domestic consumption after weeks of divisions within the republican party and infighting among his aides the president is trying to reassert his campaign priorities and play to his support base.

for more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent teresa tropper tree so you've been to iran six or seven times you cover the last election so let's dive in despite trump's announcement iranian president hassan rouhani says he wants to stick to the deal but is there a chance to iran could change its mind right now for iranians trying speech was a major violation of the deal but he didn't say anything that is completely unacceptable for them for example you decertified it but you didn't pull out of it and he announced new sanctions against the revolutionary guards but he didn't label them a terror organization which would have been a red line for to iran so for now the deal is alive but that could of course change if the congress decides to cancel it by really imposing sanctions that were lifted as part of the deal. so trump has been drawing a lot of fire sense the announcement so let's take a look at what house minority leader nancy pelosi had to say the iran nuclear agreement was the best way to prevent iran from becoming

a nuclear armed state to president trump through fusil to recertify is a grave mistake to threatens america's security and our credibility at a very critical time. now of course theresa the thing is this was not just a bilateral agreement between the u.s. and iran this had seven and they go she partners so how much weight does europe really have to throw around in terms of congress's decision that they have to make well if your buns to keep the deal alive it has to try and convince the congress and with the u.s. administration deeply split over the issue politicians in brussels do think they have a chance to convince congress members because they have good arguments on this side after all of the international atomic energy agency. said that iran is complying with the deal so that's of course a good argument for them and also what would it mean like if trying counts of the deal now who would ever want to negotiate with the u.s.

again if like reaching a deal and abiding by it doesn't mean anything so of course european politicians will use all their diplomatic measures they have to convince the congress and we've also heard himself making some vague threats about what might happen if the deal were in fact canceled which leaves us with the question what would iran do what iran would not do of course renegotiate because iranians have long been skeptical of whether washington can be trusted when it comes to reaching an agreement. and now if cancels the deal he approves them of rights so that would weaken president rouhani position because he was the one the driving force behind signing the deal in iran and it would strengthen the hardliners and of course the hardliners just agreed to the deal because they got sanctions relief and returned and if that is taken away from them of course they will end the limitations on the nuclear program and probably spend as much money on it as never before trees the chopper thank you

very much for your insights. now on to some other stories making news around the world u.s. backed forces fighting the so-called islamic state say they're waging a final battle to uproot the extremists from rocka report say one hundred fighters have surrendered in the last twenty four hours the city is the group's t. facto capital in syria and has been besieged since june they kidnapped a couple freed in pakistan this week have returned to canada with three of their children nearly five years after they were abducted in afghanistan canadian joshua boyle and his american wife caitlin coleman were held hostage by the taliban links a commie network they were kidnapped while backpacking in afghanistan in two thousand and twelve. firefighters in california have made headway against devastating y.-o. wildfires in the heart of the state's wine country but they're bracing for more hot

dry winds that could fan the flames more than thirty people have been killed so far and the death toll is expected to rise with hundreds of people still missing. the u.s. has successfully launched a rocket with a classified payload on board the atlas five rocket is thought to be carrying a communications satellite for the national reconnaissance office a military intelligence agency. to austria now where national elections are taking place this sunday the outcome is expected to swing the country sharply to the right with voters backing two major parties that have campaigned on fears of immigration and islam polls show the election is likely to result in the government between austria's conservative and far right populist parties will take a closer look at the issues facing austrian voters in a moment but first let's get some basic facts about the country austria is nestled

in the heart of europe is a country famous for chocolate and being home to the composer mozart it's also known for its own brand of conservative populism that at times has put it at loggerheads with the european union austria is also home to about eight point eight million people about one point five of whom live in the capital vienna according to the international monetary fund the country has a gross domestic product of three hundred eighty seven billion u.s. dollars making it the twelfth richest country in the world and it is a full fledged member of the e.u. and the eurozone border security and refugee policy have been the hot button issues of this campaign election. it looks like a quiet stretch of the light a river on the border of austria and hungary but right here authorities have caught more than eighty migrants trying to illegally cross in the weeks leading up to the austrian election or. especially along the lighter river for many foreigners in

need of help and protection are using it to make the crossing into austria. social austria took in ninety thousand asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis in twenty fifteen but now says it will not take anymore one of the reasons is this man sebastian kurtz who has campaigned mostly on his successful push to close off the so-called balkan route. i think guns and i'm going to take a very clear path which will reduce illegal migration to zero. those who try to enter illegally must be stopped at the border taken care of and then sent back the traffickers can't be the ones to decide who gets through and not we as a republic or the european union. kurtz's hard line immigration stance looks soft compared to the anti islam rhetoric of the leader of the nationalist freedom party. in vienna and other cities there are already more

muslim than catholic children at primary schools and high schools this is due to the irresponsible policies of the government which attempted to replace our own population. i say let's exchange these politicians before they manage to completely replace us. these messages are resonating strongly with voters leaving incumbent chancellor clues john cameron and his left wing social democrats behind in the polls a swing to the right in austria seems inevitable. on to soccer now and high drama last night hosted a winless cologne in a bundesliga match up took the lead in the first half but cologne defender dominic hines managed a sublime goal that even the score with just thirteen minutes to go the hosts got

lucky in injury time when i substitute child rock i call those shots took a deflection and dribbled in to a cart with another when. moving from the soccer field to the sea off of southwest france where the world's top surfers including a whole y. and called john john took to the waves in the world surf league sean john florence lit up the crowd with his acrobatic turns especially a series of three sixty's one of the most complex moves and surfing his near perfect heat could put could help move him back to the world number one where he finished last year. and now we'd like to invite you to a very special event for a pair of two year olds but it's not your usual toddler party pon pon and his sister do you a you a celebrated their special day at the toronto zoo in canada they were given bamboo

stuffed cakes as part of their birthday celebration and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. u.s. president donald trump has said he will not to recertify the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal but stop short of canceling the agreement he's left his fate in the hands of the u.s. congress. you're watching d.w. news from berlin and more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all of our latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's t w dot com thanks for joining us.